diff --git a/src/Mod/Part/Gui/ViewProvider2DObject.cpp b/src/Mod/Part/Gui/ViewProvider2DObject.cpp
index 0678fc71a9..3c40c06318 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Part/Gui/ViewProvider2DObject.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Part/Gui/ViewProvider2DObject.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <Base/Parameter.h>
 #include <Base/ViewProj.h>
 #include <App/Application.h>
+#include <Gui/SoFCBoundingBox.h>
 
 #include "ViewProvider2DObject.h"
 #include <Mod/Part/App/PartFeature.h>
@@ -116,8 +117,9 @@ SoSeparator* ViewProvider2DObject::createGrid(void)
 
     double zGrid = 0.0;                     // carpet-grid separation
 
-    SoSeparator *parent = GridRoot;
+    SoGroup *parent = new Gui::SoSkipBoundingGroup();
     GridRoot->removeAllChildren();
+    GridRoot->addChild(parent);
     SoBaseColor *mycolor;
     SoVertexProperty *vts;
 
@@ -187,7 +189,7 @@ SoSeparator* ViewProvider2DObject::createGrid(void)
     parent->addChild(vts);
     parent->addChild(grid);
 
-    return parent;
+    return GridRoot;
 }
 
 void ViewProvider2DObject::updateData(const App::Property* prop)
diff --git a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/ViewProviderSketch.cpp b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/ViewProviderSketch.cpp
index a85d5a3140..79e3076e96 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/ViewProviderSketch.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/ViewProviderSketch.cpp
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
 #include <Gui/View3DInventor.h>
 #include <Gui/View3DInventorViewer.h>
 #include <Gui/DlgEditFileIncludeProptertyExternal.h>
+#include <Gui/SoFCBoundingBox.h>
 #include <Gui/SoFCUnifiedSelection.h>
 
 #include <Mod/Part/App/Geometry.h>
@@ -3171,7 +3172,7 @@ void ViewProviderSketch::createEditInventorNodes(void)
     curvesRoot->addChild(edit->CurveSet);
 
     // stuff for the RootCross lines +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
-    SoSeparator* crossRoot = new SoSeparator;
+    SoGroup* crossRoot = new Gui::SoSkipBoundingGroup;
     edit->EditRoot->addChild(crossRoot);
     MtlBind = new SoMaterialBinding;
     MtlBind->setName("RootCrossMaterialBinding");